Cricut Artiste Word Balloons Cards

6 Cards Fit In The Mini-Magazine Holder

Monday, I posted about the box pictured above.  It is an adorable, pared down file folder holder as part of the popular office-supply trend that is a big part of scrapbooking.  You could make a really cute Heidi Swapp inspired set of folders for Memory Files.  Or you could make a bunch of cards and stuff it with them. :-)  The original post is here, btw.  These cards are all mail-able without extra postage - except maybe the one with the ribbon.  It smashes down to fit in an envelope without any problems, though it may need a little extra postage due to the bulk.

Artiste Owl  On Page 76 - Accent 3

 So, you can see that I made a bunch of cards to coordinate with the holder.  Each of them used a different stamp from the Word Balloons set that comes with the Artiste Collection.  There are two arrow stamps that I did not use from the set.  You will see those soon on another project.

Artiste Mustache Page 67 - Accent 2

All of the cut shapes are either popped up on foam tape or in the case of the word balloons, mounted on their corresponding Dimensional Elements.  The sizes to cut are printed on the front of the package of the Dimensional Elements and also on the carrier sheet for the stamps.  Because the stamps are acrylic, it is easy to stamp in the Cricut cut shape.

Artiste Bride Page 61 Accent 2 (Shift)

I filled in the hollow on the bride's tummy by placing a piece of Stella paper behind her.  The main reason was so that I could put a piece of foam tape there to offer more support.  Otherwise, she is see through right there.  It sort of looks like a bouquet outline.  The groom is quite dapper looking and the welded words on this page are beautiful!

Artiste Dress-form and Dress Page 41 Accent 1 and Accent 2 (shift)

 Sewing has been a part of paper crafting forever.  Several of the shapes on page 41 keep to that theme.  In addition to the shapes on the card above, there is a spool, thread to layer on it, a pair of scissors and a hanger.  The non-sewing specific items using the same button are the letter Q, a card and wrapper, and a cute 3-D purse.

Artiste Cat Page 76 Card (Shift)

 This key is called Eek!  The cat shares it with the owl pictured on the first card and several other great Halloween shapes.  I added the Bitty Sparkles to make a collar for this lovely little cat.

Artiste Robot/Alien Page 68 Accent 2

As soon as I saw this little guy, I thought of the Durables Studs.  They seemed like perfect "eyes", especially with the red Sparkles.  The "Hugs & Kisses" sentiment from the Word Balloons stamp set seemed like a quirky, unexpected choice.  It made me chuckle when I put these two together.  It also could be that I was chocolate deprived and I wasn't quite thinking straight!

Thank you for visiting!

Beverly

Supplies are all CTMH:

Cardstock: standard card base, Sunset, Lagoon, Colonial White, Cocoa, Chocolate, Black,

B & T Patterned Paper: Stella, Dotty, Pemberly (owls feathers)

Ink: Lagoon, Sunset, Black

Reinker: Lagoon - to color Seam Binding Ribbon

Embellishments: Square Durables Studs, Red Sparkles, Bitty Sparkles, Mocha Opaques Adhesive Gems

Foam tape

Corner Rounder

The following are included in the CTMH Artiste Collection: 

Cricut Artiste Cartridge, Artiste Word Balloons Stamp Set, Dimensional Elements "Quotes" - Available August 1, 2012

Tools: Derwent Colored Pencils, SU! Scallop Edge Punch

First Artwork From Artiste Cricut Cartridge

3D Object From Page 35 CTMH Artiste Collection

This adorable purse was created in mere minutes with the new Cricut Cartridge.  I used the instructions in the booklet and cut it at 3" out of CTMH's Lucy paper.  Folded it up, added some feet and some bling and voila!

So easy!  Some miniature Hershey's candies will fit in here just perfectly.  Or a small gift, like a beaded bracelet.

Supplies:
Cricut Artiste Collection
Lucy B & T
Rhinestone Designer Brads
Durables Studs (feet)
Pearl Opaques Adhesive Gems

Thank you for visiting!
Beverly

Simple Embossed Designs

Clean and Simple Card

 This card has three die cut elements that were cut from the same white cardstock from which the card base is made.  It gets a big umph from the use of embossing powder and a little bling.

Silhouette shapes cut from White Daisy cardstock

 After cutting out the shapes, I placed them onto the sticky part of post it notes.  Then the shapes were pressed into embossing ink.  Pigment ink would work just as well.

Ink direct to paper with Versamark ink

 I used the post it notes for two reasons; the ink and powder don't get smudged and I don't burn myself while using the heat gun.  The sticky part of the post it does use up some embossing powder but it is worth it to me to not have blank embossed areas or burnt fingers!  :-)

 Tsukineko Verdigris and CTMH Gold Embossing Powders

 The finishing touches on this card are the green CTMH Sparkles on the birdcage, the blue ones for the eyes and the new Durables Antique Gold Square stud  which was placed on an organdy bow.

CTMH Square Durable in Antiqued Gold with a Sparkle on top

Thank you for stopping by my blog.  Have a great day!
Beverly